Zorich was best known for playing Paul Reiser’s father on “Mad About You.”

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The Chicago-born actor made his Broadway debut in 1960 in “Becket.” He was nominated for a Tony in 1969 for his role in “Hadrian VII,” but lost to Al Pacino in “Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?”

He also appeared in “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971), “The Muppets Take Manhattan” (1984) and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (1988), among other movies, but his most famous role was as sporting goods salesman Burt Buchman on “Mad About You” from 1992 to 1999.